The Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) on Saturday announced new amendments to the revised guidelines for the phase-wise opening and easing of lockdown restrictions in Mira Bhayandar under the state government’s ‘Mission Begin Again’ program. As per the fresh guidelines, the civic body dropped the odd-even rule allowing all non-essential markets, market areas, and shops to remain […]
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Discrepancy in reports to justify complete lockdown, alleges Congress
Mira Bhayandar unit of Indian National Congress has alleged that there is a vast discrepancy in the report issued by the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) and the report issued by the state’s Maharashtra Public Health Department (MAHPHD) over the number of COVID-19 patients found in the twin city. Congress has accused that the MBMC […]
MBMC Chief extended Strict Lockdown till July 18 in Mira Bhayandar
The Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) Commissioner in his latest circular has once again extended the strict lockdown till July 18 midnight. According to the order by the new MBMC Commissioner, the status quo of the previous order will be maintained till next Saturday night. That is, all shops including groceries, meat, fruit & vegetable markets […]
MBMC opens door of private hotels as quarantine cell; Mayor, Oppn discontent
The administration of Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has opened the door of 13 private hotels and lodges and allowed the suspected Corona patients to stay there at a whopping rate of Rs 2,500 per day. Nevertheless, the decision has invited criticism, as most of the hotels are being unauthorized and associated with the political […]
Mira Bhayandar receives 200 extra beds for COVID-19 positives
While Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) coronavirus case counting increasing very fast day by day, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday, inaugurated 3,520-bed coronavirus treatment facilities set up across the Mumbai city via video conference. Out of these, a 955-bed hospital has been set up at Dahisar Check Naka in collaboration with Mumbai Metro. There is […]
Mira Bhayandar Reported 162 Records New COVID-19 Cases Within 24 Hours; 5 Deaths
For the very first time, the new COVID-19 positive cases were crossed 150-mark and reported 162 cases at Mira-Bhayandar within 24 hours. These records new COVID-19 cases have spiked the number of positive cases (cumulative) to 2735 on Thursday. However, a sigh of relief is that 130 people have been recovered from Coronavirus infection and […]
Eleven health care employees of MBMC found COVID-19 positive
Eleven health care employees of Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi Maternity Hospital at Mira Road have been infected with coronavirus infection. They have been hospitalized at Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Covid-19 Hospital in Bhayandar. However, the report of two employees is yet to come. Lack of proper measures and inadequate materials have increased the risk of infection […]
COVID-19 Positive Woman Gives Birth to Uninfected Baby Girl at Wockhardt Hospital, Mira Road
The number of coronavirus infected people is rising at a rapid rate. Amid lockdown, a 27-year-old coronavirus positive mother gave birth to an uninfected baby girl weighing 3.6 kgs at Wockhardt Hospital, Mira Road. However, special precautions were undertaken to ensure that there was no contact between the mother and the newborn. The successful delivery […]
MBMC takes control of 80% of private hospital beds, capped prices
The Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has brought 80 per cent of beds in all private hospitals across its jurisdiction under its purview. The municipal corporation says that the government has regulated the usage of private hospital bed capacity and has also capped the prices of treatments that can be billed to patients. However, hospitals […]
Slum dweller dies as ‘eighth’ victim of COVID-19, about 125 families to be shifted
Sixteen corona positive patients have been found in a densely populated slum area of Ganesh Deval Nagar in Bhayandar(West) and one of them has died as the eighth victim of COVID-19 in Mira-Bhayandar. Fearing a rapid spread of corona infection, the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has decided to shift about 100 to 125 families near […]